Baby-carrier



(No Model.)

s. KEHLENBECK.

BABY CARRIER.

Patented June 26, 1894.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SELMA KEHLENBEOK, OF PLEASANT, INDIANA.

BABY-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 522,018, dated June 26,1894.

Application filed October 5,1 893- Serial No. 487,270. (No model.)

T0 wZZ whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, SELMA KEHLENBECK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pleas ant, in the county of Switzerland and State ofIndiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Baby- Carriers,which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification andaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a detail view showing theconstruction of my improved baby carrier and Fig. 2 illustrates theapplication of the device.

The object of my invention is to provide a novel, useful and inexpensivedevice whereby babes may be carried with entire safety and comfort tothemselves and without fatigue or inconvenience to those who carry them.

The peculiar excellence of the invention and the simplicity of itsconstruction will be readily understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings,lin which A represents a band or belt made of webbing or others'uitablematerial which is suspended on the shoulder of the wearer andextends diagonally downward to the opposite side of the body, which itencircles, and forms a sling which furnishes a safe and pleasant seatfor the child, while its back is supported by a transverse band B ofsimilar material which extends from front to rear, under the arm of thewearer and connects the opposite sides of the main belt. ily adjustableto the form or size of the wearer by buckles 0 having extensionsprovided with snap hooks which engage rings attached to the oppositeends of the belts. A pocket D for a nursing bottle is adj ustablyattached to the main belt. If desired the main belt may be made partlyor entirely of elastic material.

Both belts are read- It will be understood that while it is customarywith nurses to carry children on their left side as herein illustrated,the arrangement of the belts may be easily reversed if required and theposition of the child changed accordingly. It will also be observed thatwhen properly placed in the sling, the child cannot accidentally fall orbe thrown out of its seat, and that while one hand of the nurse may besometimes engaged in caring for the child, the other is at all timesfree to perform other work.

In addition to the other manifest advantages of the device, it will befound specially desirable for the reason that it encourages an erectposit-ion of the body of the nurse as well as the child instead of thesteeping habit which is contracted when babes are carried in the arms.

What I claim as new is The herein described baby carrier, consisting ofa band or belt the ends of which are secured by a buckle, and havingattached to it a pocket for anursing bottle and cross belt, so that thefirst belt is adapted to be suspended from the shoulder and diagonallyacross the bodyof the wearer, the lower part of the belt aifording aseat for the child and the cross belt supporting its back while thenursing bottle is held in convenient position near the child.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand,this 16th day of September, 1893, in the presence of witnesses.

SELMA KEHLENBECK.

Witnesses:

' Mrs. A. G. PETERS,

MARY E. GHRIsTY.

